I receive courier in Datang

Chapter 111 115: Treasury Bills
"Come here, feed your son cakes, oh no, feed Xiao Ningzi eggs!" Li Chengqian said.

Several people gathered around, sighing inwardly, not daring to move slowly.

If the movements of his hands are slow, who knows if Li Chengqian will have any strange moves again.

Xiao Ningzi was held by two people by both arms, unable to move, and a peeled tea egg was brought to his mouth.

There was no other way, Xiao Ningzi could only take a bite of the tea egg and started chewing.

???

The fragrance of tea leaves, the faint scent of rouge powder, the sweetness of egg whites, the richness of egg yolks...

This tea egg boiled in bath water is quite delicious, Xiao Ningzi thinks.

Li Chengqian was very dissatisfied when he did not receive any negative emotion points from Xiao Ningzi.

"Everyone has a share, give me all to eat!"

Everyone had only one egg per person, and after eating, their eyes lit up.

This egg boiled in bath water doesn't seem to be unpalatable, but it has a different taste.

As expected of an oiran's bath water!
Li Chengqian, who felt that something was wrong, was very suspicious.

Logically speaking, such a beautiful creature as the oiran is actually a human being.

As a human being, we eat, drink, poop, sweat, and have some smell, which shouldn’t be the case.

"Go and call Lu Zihou for me. He is an elder of the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce. He must not have made some fakes for me."

Not long after, Lu Zihou came to find him.

"Why does this tea egg boiled in bath water only have a sweet smell and no other dirty smell?" Li Chengqian asked.

Lu Zihou said: "Your Highness, this is a business secret."

"Let's leave first, we're going to discuss business secrets."

Everyone back down.

Lu Zihou said: "The bath water is fake. It's a mixture of rouge powder and clean water. Zhao Yinger thinks it's too embarrassing to use her bath water."

Li Chengqian suddenly became interested: "Oh? Aren't you the elder of the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce? Why are you taking the lead in counterfeiting? Moreover, you said it so confidently."

"Sometimes, fakes are made for everyone's sake. If it's real bath water, I'm afraid there will be something wrong with it."

"Forget it, don't worry about it with you, I think that each household will collect money, do you think you can receive it?" Li Chengqian asked.

"How to collect money?"

Li Chengqian laughed: "Of course it's a clever trick, under the guise of building a sewer."

Lu Zihou frowned: "Then, does Your Highness really want to build a sewer?"

"If I have enough money, I will build it naturally. If I don't have enough money, I will spend it first. After all, I have to live."

Lu Zihou was speechless for a moment, who the hell is like Li Chengqian, who needs to repair a yacht in two days, and build a five-storey building in two days, and spend thousands of dollars for the oiran.

Even if you give him a mountain of gold, it will still have to be emptied!
Lu Zihou decided to persuade him.

"Your Highness, the construction of a sewer is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. Our chamber of commerce must vigorously publicize it. However, I have to get His Highness's guarantee that it must be built."

Li Chengqian was immediately overjoyed. The promise was just a word. Even if he said it, he could still regret it.

He made a decisive decision, and the justice became awe-inspiring in an instant.

"My biggest wish is that the common people can eat enough and wear warm clothes, have safe water to drink, and safe food to eat. I have fixed this sewer system!"

Lu Zihou bowed deeply: "On behalf of the people, I thank Your Highness first, and I will call the people from the chamber of commerce to publicize the construction of the sewer.

At that time, His Highness will only need to ask for an imperial decree in front of the saint to ensure that he will receive the money. "

After Lu Zihou left, Li Chengqian immediately drafted a memorial and sent it to Li Er.

After reading it, Li Er stroked his chin and thought for a while: "Zunzuo, ask the Ministry of Accounts to cooperate in this matter."

The content of the memorial is naturally about collecting money from all residents for the construction of the sewer.

This matter seems simple, but in fact, it is difficult to achieve, such as collecting money.

In fact, the money for building sewers should not be collected, but should be taxed to build them.

But the money in the national treasury is actually not enough. If you wait for taxes, you may have to save it for several years.

After thinking about it, Li Er changed his words: "Let Gao Ming do it in his own name and as a non-governmental organization."

It has to be said that admitting that the court has no money is a very shameless thing, and Li Er finally decided to save face.

As for whether Li Chengqian could receive the money, that was not something he considered.

Wang De asked: "Since this is the case, does the Household Department still need to cooperate with His Royal Highness?"

"The six departments are not allowed to intervene in this matter publicly, but they must open the door for Gao Mingda in private."

"Yes."

Wang De's mood was a bit complicated, although he had hallucinated Li Chengqian scolding him before, which made his good impression of Li Chengqian almost disappear.

But he felt that what the saint did this time was indeed a bit too disregarding of family affection, since he was his own son after all.

My son wants to do something, but the father doesn't dare to support it openly. If I tell it, no one will believe it!
East Palace.

Wang Dedao: "Preach the sage's oral instructions! Gao Ming, I will leave this matter to you, but you are not allowed to say that the matter of collecting money was ordered by me, and you are not allowed to use people from the government."

Li Chengqian jumped up immediately.

"I quit! Why do I have to do this alone? Without the help of the household department, I can't even calculate how much each household charges!"

"His Royal Highness, don't worry, the saint has another word, he said that the six departments can cooperate with you in secret." Wang De said.

Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, he didn't understand what Li Er meant, was this taking off his pants and farting?
Just help, what the hell is secretly helping him?

Li Chengqian said: "Wang De, you are the roundworm in his stomach, do you know why he did this?"

"Negative emotion value from Wang De, +123"

Li Chengqian's words shouldn't be malicious, but he always feels uncomfortable listening to them...

"We don't dare to speculate on the meaning of the saint, but His Highness just needs to do things with peace of mind." Wang De said.

Li Chengqian started to play dirty: "If you don't tell me, I won't do it. If you ask me, I will tell you that you didn't explain it clearly to me."

Wang De: "???"

What a majestic prince's ability to play tricks, just open his mouth!
Wang De could only say: "Then I will venture to guess a few words, in recent years, there have been many disasters, the locust plague the year before last, the flood last year, and the drought this year.

The money in the national treasury has long been insufficient, and the construction of sewers should have used the money from the national treasury.

His Majesty is also in a difficult situation. He didn't want outsiders to know about the emptiness of the treasury, so he made such a move. "

Li Chengqian rolled his eyes: "He said it himself, he still has 500 million coins, isn't it just enough?"

Wang De sighed: "Your Highness, the money is not taken out casually, if the national treasury is really empty, what should we do if we encounter a major event?

It's not like borrowing money from every household, it's too embarrassing. "

When Li Chengqian heard this, he rolled his eyes and had an idea.

"We can borrow money from the people in Chang'an City. It's not shameful. At worst, we will give you interest." Li Chengqian said.

Wang De was shocked. How could he do such a shameful thing?
Under Wang De's dumbfounded, Li Chengqian confided all his thoughts on treasury bills.

"The foundation of treasury bills lies in the trust of the people in us. They believe that if they buy treasury bills, they will never lose money.

Believe us, Datang is thriving. In this way, we can easily raise a large amount of funds with little interest.

The money is used wisely, and after three to five years, it will be returned to the common people with interest. Not only will everyone not feel bad, but they will also feel that they have made a lot of money. "

Wang De: "It seems to work. I will report this matter to the saint and let him consider it carefully."

Wang De left.

After Li Er knew about the treasury bill, he was instantly tempted. What he needed was time, and the annual tax was greatly increased.

But he couldn't bear the situation that he needed to spend money now, Li Chengqian's method was to advance money in the future.

What you pay is only a very small part of the interest, which you don’t need to care about at all.

He immediately asked the six ministries of the three provinces to convene personnel to study this matter, and to produce and release the first batch of treasury bills as soon as possible.

……

"Your Highness, Li Ran asks to see you."

"Let him in."

Li Chengqian was a little puzzled, didn't this guy have already been pardoned by Li Er, why did he come again?
"Your Highness, I want to help you with something." Li Ran said directly.

Li Chengqian looked Li Ran up and down and began to think about the value of this person, not to mention, it's pretty good.

After all, he was the leader of the Suzaku Gang before, and now in his company, he can be regarded as making the best use of everything.

"Okay, I just have one thing to do, which is to go to every house to collect money, just like you used to collect protection fees for shop stalls."

Li Ran was immediately embarrassed.

"Your Highness, the gang is already a thing of the past, so don't mention these things again."

Li Chengqian is a little disdainful. This thing has been carried forward in other places. Let the company know about it.

In essence, it is a gang.

"The money I asked you to collect this time is the kind that everyone voluntarily pays, neither willing nor forced."

Li Ran was immediately puzzled. They used to collect protection fees by force.

If you don't rely on force, what do you rely on?Is it possible to rely on reasoning?

"Your Highness, if this is the case, then give me some people, and I promise to handle these things well."

"For this matter, you are not allowed to use a single soldier from the imperial court. You have to find someone yourself. Don't you have many brothers? Find them." Li Chengqian said.

Li Ran wanted to cry, but Li Chengqian was the one who disbanded the gang, and he was the one who asked him to find his former brother, that's right!

"Yes……"

After Li Ran left, Li Chengqian called Li Qing and Li Hu again.

"You dress up in disguise and go collect the money." Li Chengqian said.

"Yes."

The promotion of the chamber of commerce is indeed very powerful. Almost everyone in Chang'an City knows the benefits of sewers within a day.

Especially in Changxingfang, the residents are very much in favor of this matter, and everyone is willing to pay.

After sending people out to collect money, Li Chengqian thought of one thing, that is, the money collected this time will not be much.

We can only hope that Li Er can quickly get some money for him from the national debt.

Wangcai has become lively again these days.

In the past, when the flowers and plants in the yard were flourishing, it loved to play among these precious flowers and plants.

Ever since Li Chengqian ordered everyone to click all the flowers and plants, it could only go to other places to play.

But now it's different, the potatoes are growing gratifyingly, and they look different every day.

Wangcai had never seen this kind of plant before, so he naturally wanted to taste it. Grazing is a compulsory course for them.

The conclusion is naturally not very tasty, it still likes the taste of young wheat seedlings or the most common grass.

Li Chengqian's biggest hobby is to stare at this land in a daze. He naturally sees the good deeds Wangcai has done.

Seeing Wangcai throw up after tasting a potato leaf, he laughed heartlessly.

Wangcai ate a few more weeds in the field and was very happy. Obviously, these weeds were more in line with his appetite.

Li Chengqian was furious immediately.

"Come on!"

Xiao Cui, Xiao Ningzi and others gathered in front of Li Chengqian.

"You wastes, Wangcai knows how to weed the fields. Are you doing nothing every day?"

"Negative emotion value from Xiao Cui, +111"

"Negative emotion value from Xiao Ningzi, +132"

"From..."

Everyone was speechless, saying that this potato was extremely precious, and it was Li Chengqian who prevented them from going in for half a step.

Now it was Li Chengqian who let them in again.

This statement is right and wrong, it's all Li Chengqian said, and it's all Li Chengqian's reason, who can stand it!
"What are you doing in a daze? Go in and pull weeds! Also, if you touch my potato, I want you to look good!" Li Chengqian said.

???

Everyone is suffering.

These potatoes, potatoes, and yams are really good at growing. After they came out of the soil, they began to grow wildly and wantonly.

It's no wonder that ordinary potatoes are grown on slopes with poor water and fertilizer.

Lack of water and fertilizer is a normal thing. Suddenly planting on such a fertile land, some people fertilize and water every day.

Growing fast is inevitable!

As a result, the gaps in each line of quality inspection form seem a little narrow.

When you walk in, you will inevitably encounter these potato leaves. What did Li Chengqian say?If you touch it, you will be punished!

It's over!
No way, everyone had to bite the bullet and go in.

"What's your name, why don't you go in?" Li Chengqian asked.

"My name is Er Pang. I will definitely encounter Ye Zi when I go in..."

Li Chengqian looked at Er Fatty's figure, and it was true.

"You trash, you are not even as good as Wang Cai." Li Chengqian said.

Er Fatty nodded repeatedly.

In fact, the people here are not as good as Wangcai!People are not as good as cats!

Xiao Ningzi of Zhenghuan, who was pulling weeds, was suddenly attacked by Wangcai, leaving six scratches on his face.

Xiao Ningzi: "???"

He was crazy, why did Wangcai suddenly attack him... got his claws?

He thought he and Wangcai had reconciled.

Seeing Xiao Ningzi in a daze, Wangcai offered him a few more paws.

Xiao Ningzi was really hurt now, and he wanted to run away.

Wangcai doesn't just use his claws randomly, he is protecting its food. The weeds here are its food.

Li Chengqian's voice came at the right time: "Little Ningzi, don't touch the potato leaves, it's game over if you touch you."

Xiao Ningzi's feet were weak and he almost fell.

In front of him was Li Chengqian staring at him with wide eyes, and behind him was Wangcai who was pouncing and biting at him.

There is Yama in the front, and tigers and wolves in the back!
Is this still the way people live?
"Negative emotion value from Xiao Ningzi, +188"

(End of this chapter)